On the quaternary association of the type III secretion system HrcQB-C protein: Experimental evidence differentiates among the various oligomerization models

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 214-225

  Fadouloglou, Vasiliki E ^a,b   Bastaki, Marina N ^a   Ashcroft, Alison E ^c   Phillips, Simon E V ^c   Panopoulos, Nicholas J ^a,d   Glykos, Nicholas M ^b   Kokkinidis, Michael ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism (CD); FliN protein; Plant pathogens; Protein oligomerization state; Small angle X ray scattering (SAXS)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTARALDEHYDE; TETRAMER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROPHORESIS; GEL FILTRATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 63649127135     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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